4IO APPENDIX II 



IV. CREDIT ALLOWABLE FOR EQUIVALENT DEGREES 

 OF FOREIGN INSTITUTIONS. 



The foreign student who seeks to continue in France the 

 advanced studies which he has begun in his own country, and which 

 are already certified by examinations and by the possession of a 

 diploma, may obtain credit for this advanced work. He may be 

 granted, not only an equivalence of the French degree of "bac- 

 calaureat" or of any other degree, but also a reduction of the 

 scholastic requirements, such as a reduction of the number of 

 "inscriptions" required and exemption from certain examinations. 



To make it possible for foreign students to begin their higher 

 studies in French Universities or to continue in France the ad- 

 vanced work they have already begun in their own country, the 

 Minister of Public Instruction has decreed that equivalences 

 may be established between French degrees and diplomas and 

 corresponding foreign degrees and diplomas. 



The establishment of an equivalence is most often requested 

 in the case of the French "baccalaureat de 1'enseignement secon- 

 daire" or "diplome de bachelier," which is required in order to 

 enter upon studies in law, medicine, science, letters and pharmacy, 

 in the corresponding Faculties or Schools of the Universities; but, 

 to foreigners who have already completed in their native country 

 higher studies certified by degrees and diplomas, may also be 

 granted an equivalence of the "licence en droit," "licence es 

 sciences," and " licence es lettres," in order to enroll as candidates 

 for the "doctorat en droit," the "doctorat es sciences," and the 

 "doctorat es lettres" respectively. 



In no case, however, does the establishment of an equivalence 

 confer the right to the corresponding degree. For example, even 

 in case a foreign student has had some degree or diploma obtained 

 in his own country declared equivalent to the French "bacca- 

 laureat," he does not become thereby a French "bachelier," nor 

 can he assume this title; he acquires only the eligibility to the next 

 higher diploma or degree which the equivalence previously granted 

 has made it possible for him to seek and obtain after passing the 

 required examinations. 



In determining just what diplomas, titles, and degrees shall be 

 equivalent in the case of students from the United States, the 

 Minister of Public Instruction has proposed to recognize as a matter 

 of course the first-rank institutions as graded by the Carnegie 



